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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!My husband really should have cruised through the exhibit hall at the 139th National Rifle Association annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C., this past weekend. To relax, he'll drive to the Uhwarrie National Forest and spend the afternoon at the flint-lock range, shooting his .45-caliber, black-powder dueling pistol at paper targets. He's been known to mosey down to the trap range and fire off his Mossberg 500 shotgun, just for fun. The 280,000 square feet of exhibits at the NRA meeting -- filled with all kinds of guns, knives and appropriate accessories -- would have entertained him for hours. ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Sarah Palin told NRA members meeting here that the only reason President Obama and his allies aren't trying to limit gun ownership rights is the fear of a political backlash. "Don't doubt for a minute that, if they thought they could get away with it, they would ban guns and ban ammunition and gut the Second Amendment," Palin told the annual NRA gathering Friday. She urged some 9,000 NRA members to "stop them in their tracks." The NRA's "Celebration of American Values" event was part political rally, part Tea Party gathering, with a parade of mostly Republican warm-up acts ...
In a move that ought to raise eyebrows even among pro-life groups, the Nicaraguan government is denying cancer treatment to a woman because she is pregnant. This is only the latest outrage in a country that has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world. ...
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